Excitement
It’s rainy, and I have a sore mouth, and a sore arm. But I’m excited, for two reasons: 1) I pulled all my old blog entries off the Internet Archive, wrote a quick Python script that converted them into an RSS feed, and imported them into this blog. I’m still cleaning them up, but for the first time in a decade I have my entire blog, all in one place. All twelve years of it. […]
That’s Quite Interesting
I’ve been feeling ill today, so as usual when I’m feeling ill, I spent most of the day on YouTube, watching Craig Ferguson and QI. QI is a BBC TV program(me) hosted by Stephen Fry. It’s nominally a quiz show, but in the spirit of Whose Line Is It Anyway (and undoubtedly dozens of other […]
A Flash Upon the Inward Eye
Enough of my own, hand-grown code full of nasty surprises. Time for something easy and powerful. I’ve completely redesigned my website, as you’ve no doubt noticed. Each section is its own creation. If I want a blog, I have a blog, not some weird hand-crafted thing.
When You Have Nothing More To Give
What do you do when your psychological tank’s empty? I’m facing that today. I had an exhausting week at work, classes started Wednesday, and I DMed for 4 hours last night. It’s now Saturday morning, and I’m trying not to crash. You recharge. You do those things that truly satisfy, that excite you. Of course, […]
Coming This Summer
This is what happens when I play around on the computer for an hour:
A Lonely Recipe
Found this lying face-up in a grocery store parking lot. Decided to give it a good home. Haven’t tried the recipe yet.
Social Inertia
Time for a rant. I was struck recently by the number of pundits who confidently attempt to predict the future. This is often in small ways: How Amazon’s Kindle Will Kill the Paperback or Why Company X is Doomed. Most of us are savvy enough to cast a suspicious eye at big claims about the […]
The Maryland Renaisssance Festival
I spent yesterday afternoon at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. It was an overcast day, which is never ideal for photos, but here they are: The big excitement of the day: I had my first deep-fried Snickers bar. Sure enough, it was delicious: a melted chocolate bar surrounded by a donut. Quite a few more photos […]
But I Totally Could To Live By Bread Alone
I recently started a side business. I love to bake. For some reason, I find it easy: you combine a few ingredients in a bowl, toss the results into an oven, and come back later to find something awesome. Then I stumbled on a beautiful old book, Beard on Bread, a yellowed hardback with dozens of bread recipes and pencil sketches. I tried a few of the recipes. They were excellent. I gave out some bread. People loved it. And thus […]
The LiveJournal Post
This is the post where I apologize that I haven’t blogged in a while. As usual, it’s not because I’ve been terribly busy. I have been busy, but I can usually blog when I am. It’s the normal problem I Have with this blogging: I can’t come up with a consistent schedule of content that […]